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The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt

by T.J. Stiles

Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography · 2010 · Winner
Alfred A. Knopfbiography-memoirnonfictionISBN 9780375415425

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography2010Winner

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The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T. J. Stiles.

About the Author

T.J. Stiles is an American author and biographer known for his deeply researched studies of major figures in American history. He graduated from Carleton College and received an M.A. Read more →

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